yard work

cleaning the yard is a family affair, Jasper loves to use his "mower", but that doesn't last long until he is off to something else...that rake looks like it needs some help.

now that is a great yard boy! he liked to pick up the leaves more than the sticks, but hey, he was helping!

got enough, don't want it to get to heavy

and on to the tarp, don't you wish you had such a handsome, helpful little boy around your house?!?!?!?

Easter party at the church was lots of fun, big little sis even tagged alone for the fun.
duck, duck, goose any one?
it rained so we had to hunt eggs inside, the choir room made a great hunting ground!

Our new little friend...Ellie, don't you just love her name?! A good time was had by all! We went to see grandmother and grandaddy on Easter morning. Jasper noticed all the children getting up to head out for children's church, so we had to go with them. He is getting so big, he enjoyed the Easter story, they used the "eggs". It helped to keep the kids involved. A great time was had by all!

New words...

Seems like Jasper is trying more words this week, so far we have bye-bye, baby, mama, da,nite-nite, bird, more, toot toot, meow, moo, arf. We bought a piggy bank at the dollar tree the other day, I thought it would be nice for him to start learning about saving. He not only learned that money goes in the bank, but is learning to say money and how to make himself understood when he wants it. He still needs to work on the part about understanding there is only so much at one time.
And "ish", we bought a blue beta fish a couple of weeks ago and he loves to watch him eat and swim around.

Pre-teen

Our baby girl is growing up fast! She turned 12 in March, hard to believe! Were does the time go, it seems like just yesterday she was 6 years old and cute as a bug. Now she is in to doing her nails and do I like okay. Thankfully she is not boy crazy (yet). Syd is into Harry Potter, so we made a castle cake. She helped decorate it, made all the trees and the rocks by herself, she even did a little of the piping, not to much because the icing was thick and it was not easy to get out of the tips. And daddy helped with the towers, a family affair! Japser wanted to help, but he only got to watch. Maybe next year!

Jasper loves to sign "happy birthday"; appy, appy and claps his hands. He gives it his all.

Back again

Looks like I have failed to keep up our page, I will try to do better! We are staying busy around here. The pretty weather is great and Jasper loves the outdoors. We have been cleaning the yard and planting flowers. Hopefully we will be able to keep them for awhile. AS you can see Jasper has his own little wheelbarrel. He is a big help in the yard. He is a big help in eveything! He seems to love to do things and learn.